tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078465096738160247.post7863088936880416015..comments2024-01-16T11:48:59.385-05:00Comments on Defiantly Dutch: The bids are not always bigger in the other conferencesJerry Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039592694913420983noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078465096738160247.post-21771286167266919832009-02-12T20:31:00.000-05:002009-02-12T20:31:00.000-05:00Ah, not to brag, but I argued Hofstra should look ...Ah, not to brag, but I argued Hofstra should look to move up to the Atlantic 10 way back in 1993 or 1994, but who's counting? But instead of Hofstra in the mid-'90s, it was Fordham that made the jump, with future Stony Brook coach Nick Macarchuk leading Fordham's hoops program.<BR/><BR/>Not sure if the Atlantic 10 was stronger back then in the first half of the '90s, when John Calipari and Marcus Camby were at UMass, John Chaney was at Temple, and Mike Jarvis and Yinka Dare were at George Washington, and this was all before the rise of Phil Martelli at St. Joe's. <BR/><BR/>It was undoubtedly more interesting, and certainly way more interesting than the CAA — you just don't see coaches threatening other coaches in press conferences anymore, like <A HREF="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E7DF1E38F937A25751C0A962958260" REL="nofollow">Don Chaney going postal on John Calipari</A>.Cake Sitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17450083260603252464noreply@blogger.com